योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-118, verse-8

देहोऽहमिति या बुद्धिः सा संसारनिबन्धनी ।
न कदाचिदियं बुद्धिरादेया हि मुमुक्षुभिः ॥ ८ ॥

deho'hamiti yā buddhiḥ sā saṃsāranibandhanī ,
na kadācidiyaṃ buddhirādeyā hi mumukṣubhiḥ 8

8. dehaḥ aham iti yā buddhiḥ sā saṃsāranibandhanī
na kadācit iyam buddhiḥ ādeyā hi mumukṣubhiḥ

8. yā dehaḥ aham iti buddhiḥ sā saṃsāranibandhanī
hi iyam buddhiḥ mumukṣubhiḥ kadācit na ādeyā

8. The intellect (buddhi) that asserts "I am the body (deha)" is what causes entanglement in the cycle of transmigration (saṃsāra). Indeed, this intellect (buddhi) should never be adopted by those who seek final liberation (mokṣa).

Words meanings summery:

• देहः (dehaḥ) - body

• अहम् (aham) - I, myself

• इति (iti) - thus, so saying, indicating direct speech

• या (yā) - which, that which

• बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect, understanding

• सा (sā) - that (feminine)

• संसारनिबन्धनी (saṁsāranibandhanī) - binding to transmigration (saṃsāra)

• न (na) - not, never

• कदाचित् (kadācit) - ever, at any time (with `na`, never)

• इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

• बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect, understanding

• आदेया (ādeyā) - to be taken up, to be adopted, to be accepted

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• मुमुक्षुभिः (mumukṣubhiḥ) - by those desiring liberation (mokṣa)

Words meanings and morphology

देहः (dehaḥ) - body

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deha

deha - body, physical form

अहम् (aham) - I, myself

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

इति (iti) - thus, so saying, indicating direct speech

(indeclinable)

या (yā) - which, that which

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, what

बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect, understanding

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, reason, understanding, perception

सा (sā) - that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she

संसारनिबन्धनी (saṁsāranibandhanī) - binding to transmigration (saṃsāra)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃsāranibandhanī

saṁsāranibandhanī - that which binds to the cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃsāra+nibandhanī)

• saṃsāra – cycle of rebirth, transmigration
  noun (masculine)
• nibandhanī – binding, cause of binding (feminine form of nibandhana)
  adjective (feminine)
  From ni-√bandh + ana + ī (feminine suffix)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: bandh (class 9)

न (na) - not, never

(indeclinable)

कदाचित् (kadācit) - ever, at any time (with `na`, never)

(indeclinable)

इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, she

बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect, understanding

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, reason, understanding, perception

आदेया (ādeyā) - to be taken up, to be adopted, to be accepted

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ādeya

ādeya - to be taken, acceptable, to be received

Gerundive

prefix ā + root dā + suffix ya

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

मुमुक्षुभिः (mumukṣubhiḥ) - by those desiring liberation (mokṣa)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mumukṣu

mumukṣu - desirous of liberation (mokṣa)

desiderative agent noun

desiderative of root muc + suffix u

Root: muc (class 6)